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3rd & Fairfax: The WGAW Podcast Thu, 24 Sep 2026 15:17:00 +0000 Thu, 24 Sep 2026 15:17:00 +0000 Libsyn RSSgen 1.0 67522 2026-05-29T14:43:00Z en 3rd & Fairfax: The WGAW Podcast Writers Guild of America West true Writers Guild of America, West gmitchell@wga.org episodic no Ep. 430 - Felicia Pride - A Different World Ep. 430 - Felicia Pride - A Different World Thu, 24 Sep 2026 15:13:00 +0000 In our latest episode, Rae Benjamin talks with creator and showrunner Felicia Pride (Bel-Air, Grey's Anatomy) about crafting the sequel series A Different World. Felicia shares what she looks for when staffing a writers' room, how to handle studio notes, advice for new writers, and more.]]> In our latest episode, Rae Benjamin talks with creator and showrunner Felicia Pride (Bel-Air, Grey's Anatomy) about crafting the sequel series A Different World. Felicia shares what she looks for when staffing a writers' room, how to handle studio notes, advice for new writers, and more.]]> 52:50 true full 43020603 2026-09-24T15:16:58Z Ep. 429 - John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein - Mayday Ep. 429 - John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein - Mayday Thu, 10 Sep 2026 18:10:00 +0000 In this episode, David Sheftell speaks with screenwriters-directors John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Spider-Man: Homecoming) about making the action comedy Mayday. They talk about their filmmaking collaboration, writing process, and much more.]]> In this episode, David Sheftell speaks with screenwriters-directors John Francis Daley & Jonathan Goldstein (Dungeons & Dragons: Honor Among Thieves, Spider-Man: Homecoming) about making the action comedy Mayday. They talk about their filmmaking collaboration, writing process, and much more.]]> 01:02:56 true full 42861755 2026-09-10T18:12:45Z Ep. 428 - Chris Brancato & Michael Panes - The Westies Ep. 428 - Chris Brancato & Michael Panes - The Westies Thu, 27 Aug 2026 14:15:00 +0000 In our latest episode, Luciano Saber speaks with creators and showrunners Chris Brancato & Michael Panes (Godfather of Harlem, Hotel Cocaine) about their crime drama series The Westies, which chronicles a New York Irish gang in the '80s. They discuss their creative collaboration, writing process, and much more.]]> In our latest episode, Luciano Saber speaks with creators and showrunners Chris Brancato & Michael Panes (Godfather of Harlem, Hotel Cocaine) about their crime drama series The Westies, which chronicles a New York Irish gang in the '80s. They discuss their creative collaboration, writing process, and much more.]]> 40:38 true full 42574660 2026-09-01T00:01:32Z Ep. 427 - Rebecca Sonnenshine - Little House on the Prairie Ep. 427 - Rebecca Sonnenshine - Little House on the Prairie Thu, 23 Jul 2026 17:38:00 +0000 In our latest episode, Josephine Green Zhang talks with showrunner and screenwriter Rebecca Sonnenshine (The Housemaid, Archive 81) about crafting the new Little House on the Prairie series, staying true to Laura Ingalls Wilder's beloved novels, the art of adaption, managing fans' expectations, and much more.]]> In our latest episode, Josephine Green Zhang talks with showrunner and screenwriter Rebecca Sonnenshine (The Housemaid, Archive 81) about crafting the new Little House on the Prairie series, staying true to Laura Ingalls Wilder's beloved novels, the art of adaption, managing fans' expectations, and much more.]]> 45:50 true full 42196100 2026-08-01T00:00:28Z Ep. 426 - Ira Parker - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Ep. 426 - Ira Parker - A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms Thu, 18 Jun 2026 15:12:00 +0000 In our latest episode, Brian Gary speaks with A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms co-creator/showrunner Ira Parker (House of the Dragon, Better Things) about the creative challenges of worldbuilding, connecting to the Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon universe, and more.]]> In our latest episode, Brian Gary speaks with A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms co-creator/showrunner Ira Parker (House of the Dragon, Better Things) about the creative challenges of worldbuilding, connecting to the Game of Thrones and House of the Dragon universe, and more.]]> 53:09 true full 41690740 2026-07-01T00:01:41Z Ep. 425 - Susanna Fogel & David Iserson - Ponies Ep. 425 - Susanna Fogel & David Iserson - Ponies Tue, 17 Feb 2026 18:56:00 +0000 In this episode, Jonterri Gadson talks with writing team Susanna Fogel & David Iserson (The Spy Who Dumped Me) about creating their spy thriller series Ponies, balancing tone, their collaborative process, and more.]]> In this episode, Jonterri Gadson talks with writing team Susanna Fogel & David Iserson (The Spy Who Dumped Me) about creating their spy thriller series Ponies, balancing tone, their collaborative process, and more.]]> 46:40 true full 40141025 2026-03-01T00:00:44Z Ep. 424 - Kristen Stewart - The Chronology of Water Ep. 424 - Kristen Stewart - The Chronology of Water Fri, 23 Jan 2026 00:41:00 +0000 In this episode, Kristina Woo speaks with Kristen Stewart about writing, directing, and producing her debut feature film, The Chronology of Water. They also discuss the creative choices of adaptation from page to screen, art vs. commerce, and much more. ]]> In this episode, Kristina Woo speaks with Kristen Stewart about writing, directing, and producing her debut feature film, The Chronology of Water. They also discuss the creative choices of adaptation from page to screen, art vs. commerce, and much more. ]]> 38:46 true full 39845265 2026-02-01T00:00:33Z Ep. 423 - Rian Johnson - Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery Ep. 423 - Rian Johnson - Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery Thu, 08 Jan 2026 23:00:00 +0000 In our latest episode, Josephine Green Zhang speaks with screenwriter-director Rian Johnson (Knives Out, Star Wars: The Last Jedi) about crafting his latest film, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, his own origin story, the art of the twist, and much more.]]> In our latest episode, Josephine Green Zhang speaks with screenwriter-director Rian Johnson (Knives Out, Star Wars: The Last Jedi) about crafting his latest film, Wake Up Dead Man: A Knives Out Mystery, his own origin story, the art of the twist, and much more.]]> 48:54 true full 39666575 2026-02-01T00:00:33Z Ep. 422 - Winnie Holzman & Dana Fox - Wicked: For Good Ep. 422 - Winnie Holzman & Dana Fox - Wicked: For Good Fri, 26 Dec 2025 16:59:00 +0000 In this episode, host Susie Singer Carter talks with screenwriters Winnie Holzman & Dana Fox(Wicked) about collaborating on the hit film Wicked: For Good, the creative challenges adapting musicals from stage to screen, and much more.]]> In this episode, host Susie Singer Carter talks with screenwriters Winnie Holzman & Dana Fox(Wicked) about collaborating on the hit film Wicked: For Good, the creative challenges adapting musicals from stage to screen, and much more.]]> 59:22 true full 39537620 2026-01-01T00:00:49Z Ep. 421 - Chloé Zhao - Hamnet Ep. 421 - Chloé Zhao - Hamnet Thu, 18 Dec 2025 14:00:00 +0000 In this episode, host Aaron Fullerton speaks with screenwriter-director Chloé Zhao(Eternals, Nomadland) about crafting her latest film Hamnet, the art of adaptation, where she finds creative inspiration, and much more.]]> In this episode, host Aaron Fullerton speaks with screenwriter-director Chloé Zhao(Eternals, Nomadland) about crafting her latest film Hamnet, the art of adaptation, where she finds creative inspiration, and much more.]]> 34:24 true full 39450400 2026-01-01T00:00:49Z Ep. 420 - Ryan Coogler - Sinners Ep. 420 - Ryan Coogler - Sinners Thu, 04 Dec 2025 23:16:00 +0000 In this episode, host Jasmyne Peck talks with screenwriter-director Ryan Coogler(Black Panther, Creed) about crafting his acclaimed hit film Sinners, the importance of family and community, his filmmaking process, and much more.]]> In this episode, host Jasmyne Peck talks with screenwriter-director Ryan Coogler(Black Panther, Creed) about crafting his acclaimed hit film Sinners, the importance of family and community, his filmmaking process, and much more.]]> 54:14 true full 39282160 2026-01-01T00:00:49Z Ep. 419 - Brad Ingelsby - Task Ep. 419 - Brad Ingelsby - Task Thu, 20 Nov 2025 22:47:00 +0000 In this episode, host Aaron Fullerton speaks with writer Brad Ingelsby, who's having a major moment right now: as creator and co-showrunner of the crime drama series Task, co-screenwriter of the wildfire survival film The Lost Bus, and screenwriter of the thriller Echo Valley. ]]> In this episode, host Aaron Fullerton speaks with writer Brad Ingelsby, who's having a major moment right now: as creator and co-showrunner of the crime drama series Task, co-screenwriter of the wildfire survival film The Lost Bus, and screenwriter of the thriller Echo Valley. ]]> 28:31 true full 39116605 2025-12-01T00:01:07Z Ep. 418 - Andy Parker - Boots Ep. 418 - Andy Parker - Boots Sat, 08 Nov 2025 01:30:00 +0000 In this episode, host Hilliard Guess sits down with Boots creator and co-showrunner Andy Parker about writing the hit Netflix limited series that explores the coming-of-age story of a young gay Marine in an era before "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," how personal experience informed his approach to the material, LGBTQ+ representation on screen, and more.]]> In this episode, host Hilliard Guess sits down with Boots creator and co-showrunner Andy Parker about writing the hit Netflix limited series that explores the coming-of-age story of a young gay Marine in an era before "Don't Ask, Don't Tell," how personal experience informed his approach to the material, LGBTQ+ representation on screen, and more.]]> 52:57 true full 38957780 2025-12-01T00:01:07Z Ep. 417 - David DiGilio - The Terminal List: Dark Wolf Ep. 417 - David DiGilio - The Terminal List: Dark Wolf Thu, 30 Oct 2025 19:00:00 +0000 In this episode, host Brian Gary speaks with creator-showrunner David DiGilio about his action-thriller series The Terminal List and its prequel spinoff series The Terminal List: Dark Wolf, exploring character through the lens of psychology, how scripts are living documents, and much more. ]]> In this episode, host Brian Gary speaks with creator-showrunner David DiGilio about his action-thriller series The Terminal List and its prequel spinoff series The Terminal List: Dark Wolf, exploring character through the lens of psychology, how scripts are living documents, and much more. ]]> 48:19 true full 38849435 2025-11-01T00:00:33Z Ep. 416 - Bill Condon - Kiss of the Spider Woman Ep. 416 - Bill Condon - Kiss of the Spider Woman Thu, 16 Oct 2025 23:36:00 +0000 In this episode, host Jasmyne Peck speaks with screenwriter-director Bill Condon (Dreamgirls, Chicago) about bringing Kiss of the Spider Woman to the screen, the creative challenges of adapting Broadway musicals to feature films, finding your own authentic voice, and more.]]> In this episode, host Jasmyne Peck speaks with screenwriter-director Bill Condon (Dreamgirls, Chicago) about bringing Kiss of the Spider Woman to the screen, the creative challenges of adapting Broadway musicals to feature films, finding your own authentic voice, and more.]]> 55:32 true full 38613550 2025-11-01T00:00:33Z Ep. 415 - Shane Black & Charles Mondry & Anthony Bagarozzi - Play Dirty Ep. 415 - Shane Black & Charles Mondry & Anthony Bagarozzi - Play Dirty Thu, 09 Oct 2025 22:31:00 +0000 In this episode, host Moon Zappa talks with Play Dirty screenwriter-director Shane Black (The Nice Guys, Iron Man 3) & co-screenwriters Charles Mondry (Road House) & Anthony Bagarozzi (Road House, The Nice Guys) about collaborating on their action crime thriller, adapting the Parker book series from page to screen, and more.]]> In this episode, host Moon Zappa talks with Play Dirty screenwriter-director Shane Black (The Nice Guys, Iron Man 3) & co-screenwriters Charles Mondry (Road House) & Anthony Bagarozzi (Road House, The Nice Guys) about collaborating on their action crime thriller, adapting the Parker book series from page to screen, and more.]]> 01:12:51 true full 38533005 2025-11-01T00:00:33Z Ep. 414 - Susie Singer Carter - No Country for Old People Ep. 414 - Susie Singer Carter - No Country for Old People Thu, 02 Oct 2025 22:46:00 +0000 In this episode, host Moon Zappa talks with filmmaker and fellow podcast host Susie Singer Carter(My Mom and the Girl) about her eye-opening doc series, No Country for Old People, which exposes the nursing home/elder abuse crisis, advocating for accountability, transparency, and people over profits, her personal connection to the subject, why it was important to get her documentary Guild-covered, and more.]]> In this episode, host Moon Zappa talks with filmmaker and fellow podcast host Susie Singer Carter(My Mom and the Girl) about her eye-opening doc series, No Country for Old People, which exposes the nursing home/elder abuse crisis, advocating for accountability, transparency, and people over profits, her personal connection to the subject, why it was important to get her documentary Guild-covered, and more.]]> 41:11 true full 38449275 2025-11-01T00:00:33Z Ep. 413 - Noah Hawley - Alien: Earth Ep. 413 - Noah Hawley - Alien: Earth Thu, 18 Sep 2025 23:34:00 +0000 In this episode, host Brian Gary speaks with creator, showrunner, writer, & director Noah Hawley (Fargo, Legion) about bringing the popular sci-fi/horror Alien franchise to TV for his hit FX series Alien: Earth, world-building, creative process, and much more.]]> In this episode, host Brian Gary speaks with creator, showrunner, writer, & director Noah Hawley (Fargo, Legion) about bringing the popular sci-fi/horror Alien franchise to TV for his hit FX series Alien: Earth, world-building, creative process, and much more.]]> 54:23 true full 38273175 2025-10-01T00:00:38Z Ep. 412 - WGAW PAC and the California Tax Incentives Program Ep. 412 - WGAW PAC and the California Tax Incentives Program Wed, 10 Sep 2025 01:08:00 +0000 In this episode, host Brian Gary sits down with WGA West PAC Board Member Danny Tolli and WGA West Political and Legislative Director Shelagh Wagener to learn more about the WGAW's PAC and our work within the Entertainment Union Coalition.]]> In this episode, host Brian Gary sits down with WGA West PAC Board Member Danny Tolli and WGA West Political and Legislative Director Shelagh Wagener to learn more about the WGAW's PAC and our work within the Entertainment Union Coalition.]]> 31:52 true full 38151180 2025-10-01T00:00:38Z Ep. 411 - Jason Keller - Stick Ep. 411 - Jason Keller - Stick Thu, 28 Aug 2025 21:17:00 +0000 In this episode, host Monique Sorgen talks with screenwriter, creator, and showrunner Jason Keller (Ford v Ferrari, Escape Plan) about crafting his AppleTV+ comedy series Stick, segueing from film to television, finding the funny, and much more.]]> In this episode, host Monique Sorgen talks with screenwriter, creator, and showrunner Jason Keller (Ford v Ferrari, Escape Plan) about crafting his AppleTV+ comedy series Stick, segueing from film to television, finding the funny, and much more.]]> 01:00:30 true full 38014635 2025-09-01T00:00:08Z Ep.410 - Francesca Delbanco & Nicholas Stoller - Platonic Ep.410 - Francesca Delbanco & Nicholas Stoller - Platonic Thu, 14 Aug 2025 18:03:00 +0000 In this episode, host Jonterri Gadson speaks with creators, showrunners, and married writing partners Francesca Delbanco(Friends from College) & Nicholas Stoller(Goosebumps, Friends from College, Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising) about crafting Season 2 of their AppleTV+ comedy series Platonic, tips for pitching, what they look for when staffing writers' rooms, and much more.]]> In this episode, host Jonterri Gadson speaks with creators, showrunners, and married writing partners Francesca Delbanco(Friends from College) & Nicholas Stoller(Goosebumps, Friends from College, Neighbors 2: Sorority Rising) about crafting Season 2 of their AppleTV+ comedy series Platonic, tips for pitching, what they look for when staffing writers' rooms, and much more.]]> 01:10:19 true full 37819190 2025-09-01T00:00:08Z Ep.409 - Dan Gregor & Doug Mand & Akiva Schaffer - The Naked Gun Ep.409 - Dan Gregor & Doug Mand & Akiva Schaffer - The Naked Gun Thu, 07 Aug 2025 18:50:00 +0000 In this episode, host Josephine Green Zhang talks with The Naked Gun screenwriters Dan Gregor & Doug Mand (Chip 'N' Dales: Rescue Rangers, Dolittle, How I Met Your Mother) & co-screenwriter-director Akiva Schaffer( Saturday Night Live, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping) about their comic collaboration, the creative challenges of crafting movie reboots, and much more.]]> In this episode, host Josephine Green Zhang talks with The Naked Gun screenwriters Dan Gregor & Doug Mand (Chip 'N' Dales: Rescue Rangers, Dolittle, How I Met Your Mother) & co-screenwriter-director Akiva Schaffer( Saturday Night Live, Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping) about their comic collaboration, the creative challenges of crafting movie reboots, and much more.]]> 46:27 true full 37721315 2025-09-01T00:00:08Z Ep. 408 - Sophie Brooks - Oh, Hi! Ep. 408 - Sophie Brooks - Oh, Hi! Thu, 31 Jul 2025 18:18:00 +0000 In this episode, host Jonterri Gadson talks with screenwriter-director Sophie Brooks about her latest film Oh, Hi!, the challenges of indie filmmaking, her creative process, and much more.]]> In this episode, host Jonterri Gadson talks with screenwriter-director Sophie Brooks about her latest film Oh, Hi!, the challenges of indie filmmaking, her creative process, and much more.]]> 27:57 true full 37624860 2025-08-01T00:01:41Z Ep. 407 - Carina Adly MacKenzie - We Were Liars Ep. 407 - Carina Adly MacKenzie - We Were Liars Thu, 17 Jul 2025 14:21:00 +0000 In this episode, host Moon Zappa speaks with We Were Liars co-developer/co-showrunner Carina Adly MacKenzie (Roswell, New Mexico, The Originals) about YA storytelling through an adult lens, the alchemy of diverse writers' rooms, mentoring young writers, & more.]]> In this episode, host Moon Zappa speaks with We Were Liars co-developer/co-showrunner Carina Adly MacKenzie (Roswell, New Mexico, The Originals) about YA storytelling through an adult lens, the alchemy of diverse writers' rooms, mentoring young writers, & more.]]> 48:55 true full 37441105 2025-08-01T00:01:41Z Ep. 406 - Gerard Johnstone - M3GAN 2.0 Ep. 406 - Gerard Johnstone - M3GAN 2.0 Thu, 03 Jul 2025 12:00:00 +0000 In this episode, host Jasmyne Peck speaks with M3GAN 2.0 screenwriter-director Gerard Johnstone(M3GAN) about upgrading horror fans' favorite robotic doll, the creative challenges of making sequels to hit movies, and more. ]]> In this episode, host Jasmyne Peck speaks with M3GAN 2.0 screenwriter-director Gerard Johnstone(M3GAN) about upgrading horror fans' favorite robotic doll, the creative challenges of making sequels to hit movies, and more. ]]> 35:02 true full 37269625 2025-08-01T00:01:41Z Ep. 405 - Eric Ledgin & Justin Spitzer - St. Denis Medical Ep. 405 - Eric Ledgin & Justin Spitzer - St. Denis Medical Fri, 20 Jun 2025 13:44:00 +0000 In this episode, host Myles Warden speaks with St. Denis Medical creators Eric Ledgin (American Auto) & Justin Spitzer(Superstore) about keeping the workplace comedy mockumentary format fresh, the creative challenges of writing for network primetime TV, staffing their writers' room, and more. ]]> In this episode, host Myles Warden speaks with St. Denis Medical creators Eric Ledgin (American Auto) & Justin Spitzer(Superstore) about keeping the workplace comedy mockumentary format fresh, the creative challenges of writing for network primetime TV, staffing their writers' room, and more. ]]> 46:35 true full 37088790 2025-07-01T00:01:56Z Ep. 404 - Mara Brock Akil - Forever Ep. 404 - Mara Brock Akil - Forever Thu, 12 Jun 2025 10:00:00 +0000 In this episode, host Hilliard Guess talks with Forever creator-showrunner Mara Brock Akil(The Game, Being Mary Jane) about reimagining Judy Blume's teen novel through the lens of young Black love, empowering new voices at her Writers' Colony residency, the importance of completing writing projects, and more. ]]> In this episode, host Hilliard Guess talks with Forever creator-showrunner Mara Brock Akil(The Game, Being Mary Jane) about reimagining Judy Blume's teen novel through the lens of young Black love, empowering new voices at her Writers' Colony residency, the importance of completing writing projects, and more. ]]> 57:00 true full 36968070 2025-07-01T00:01:56Z Ep. 403 - Kit Williamson - Unconventional Ep. 403 - Kit Williamson - Unconventional Thu, 05 Jun 2025 13:36:00 +0000 In this episode, host Monique Sorgen talks with creator, showrunner, and actor Kit Williamson about writing, directing, and starring in his comedy series Unconventional, why queer narratives and LGBTQ+ representation are vital, and more.]]> In this episode, host Monique Sorgen talks with creator, showrunner, and actor Kit Williamson about writing, directing, and starring in his comedy series Unconventional, why queer narratives and LGBTQ+ representation are vital, and more.]]> 44:48 true full 36863315 2025-07-01T00:01:56Z Ep. 402 - Production Assistants United! Bringing PAs into Hollywood Labor Ep. 402 - Production Assistants United! Bringing PAs into Hollywood Labor Thu, 29 May 2025 13:23:00 +0000 For nearly a year, Production Assistants, commonly called PAs, across the country have been taking steps to form a union with the Burbank-based LiUNA Local 724. Today on the podcast, WGAW member Andra Whipple is joined by LiUNA Local 724 business representative Alex Aguilar and Production Assistant and organizing committee member Clio Byrne-Gudding to talk about their campaign to improve wages, enshrine turnaround times and provide access to union health benefits. ]]> For nearly a year, Production Assistants, commonly called PAs, across the country have been taking steps to form a union with the Burbank-based LiUNA Local 724. Today on the podcast, WGAW member Andra Whipple is joined by LiUNA Local 724 business representative Alex Aguilar and Production Assistant and organizing committee member Clio Byrne-Gudding to talk about their campaign to improve wages, enshrine turnaround times and provide access to union health benefits. ]]> 58:26 true full 36769315 2025-06-01T00:01:46Z EP. 401 - Charles Yu - Interior Chinatown EP. 401 - Charles Yu - Interior Chinatown Thu, 15 May 2025 15:03:00 +0000 In this episode, host Kristina Woo talks with Interior Chinatown creator, showrunner, and author Charles Yu (Westworld, Legion, American Born Chinese) about adapting his National Book Award-winning novel to a limited series, his unlikely path in the entertainment industry, why inclusion & representation matters, and more.]]> In this episode, host Kristina Woo talks with Interior Chinatown creator, showrunner, and author Charles Yu (Westworld, Legion, American Born Chinese) about adapting his National Book Award-winning novel to a limited series, his unlikely path in the entertainment industry, why inclusion & representation matters, and more.]]> 51:42 true full 36579490 2025-06-01T00:01:46Z Ep. 400 - Michael Angarano & Christopher Smith - Sacramento Ep. 400 - Michael Angarano & Christopher Smith - Sacramento Thu, 01 May 2025 15:00:00 +0000 In this episode, host Kristina Woo talks with screenwriter-director-actor Michael Angarano & screenwriter Christopher Smith about collaborating on their road trip comedy Sacramento, their path from page to screen, and more.]]> In this episode, host Kristina Woo talks with screenwriter-director-actor Michael Angarano & screenwriter Christopher Smith about collaborating on their road trip comedy Sacramento, their path from page to screen, and more.]]> 01:09:06 true

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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630194366723823977Sat, 22 Feb 2025 18:54:44 +0000third coast comicsDC ComicsDC RelaunchBatmancomicsStupid ComicsWatchmenmoon knightAlan MooreCaptain AmericaDCFIS-masHatsMarvelThorAquamanBlack Super HeroesCheckmateComics ReviewsFreedom FightersGeoff JohnsHawkmanIron ManJLAJT KrulJimmy OlsenSpider-ManSupermanWildstormX-Menanimemangamovieskates2009 in reviewAirwolfAnniversaryArt SpiegelmanAzzarelloBS Marketing PloysBatgirlBatwingBatwomanBen TemplesmithBirds of PreyBlack DossierBlack Super VillainsBlackest NightCaptain AtomCartoonsCastChangChris BurnhamCivil WarCloverfieldComics and mental healthDC Comics PresentsDCNew52Dan ClowesDan JurgensDeadmanDeadpoolDeathnoteDestroDigital contentDisneyDoc Midnight's Favorites ComicsDrunkDungeons and DragonsE-ReadersEarth 2EchoFirestormFlashForeverGI JoeGail SimoneGeorge MillerGet over itGrant MorrisonGraphic Novel FormatGreen ArrowGreen LanternGreg RuckaHatter MHipstersI hate Gallant GirlImage ComicsIntroductionIraq CrisisIvan ReisJLA movieJLIJSAJack BlackJack KirbyJames RobinsonJim LeeJoe CaseyKamen RiderKandorKevin SmithKids ComicsKyle RaynerLOXGLegacy CharactersMODOKMadmanMark MillarMike AllredMinxMoses MagnumMr TerrificMy stuffNazisNightwingNixon's PalsOriginalPhantom StrangerPole PositionPower GirlPunisherRed LanternRoadblockRoscoe Lee BrowneRunawaysSam RaimiSiegeSpiderman 3Stan LeeStormwatchStrangers in ParadiseStreet HawkSuper Villain TestTeam Knight RiderTerraTerry MooreTexas TwisterThe QuestionThor MovieTony DanielTrinityUncle SamVenture BrothersVertigoVideo GamesWTFWonder WomanWorlds FinestYilderay CinarZap Pow Groin InjuryZatannaadult swimbrokendead superheroesfridgesjerkholesloyola Universitymazmovie reviewneepnescient insignificant motespekarprice increase issuespungbosalesskrullstablet PCsthe Simpsonstoo much metal for one hammervideovizvootiewrestlingWords Lines and PicturesA blog about comic books and all things that can be construed as being about comic books. We can't speak for all comics geeks but we sure will try!noreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)Blogger134125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630194366723823977.post-7827824208801300604Fri, 20 Sep 2013 03:28:00 +00002013-09-19T20:28:53.439-07:00My Nerd Cave IdeaSo I don't really have my nerd cave anymore but I sort of used to. I was watching this commercial with that dirty player who happens to be likable that plays in the NFL, Clay Matthews, as opposed to Suh or Harrison from the Lions and Bengals. I got rid of my "Nerd Cave" in a few moves towards being an actual grown up who could a) play a video game in a dining room and b) have a big ass flat screen TV that my wife could watch HGTV on without needing me to deactivate my "Non Geek Destructo Ray". Now that I don't have a Nerd Cave though, I'm imagining remaking one (when I buy a house) and I think I have the rough workings of a plan. I want to know what yours will be (5 details) but here's mine (media server and big screen TV are obvious). 1. Location: A tree house 2. External Logo: A giant block letter "4" in each cardinal directions 3. Furniture: Gaming table shaped like the letter "A". 4. Refreshment: Cold Jameson on tap 5. Other: Some of those display cases where I can display the outfits of my fave dead comics characters or dead wrestlers. Bring it! If you like this sort of odd stuff I'll be doing more of it here since i think I'm doing heftier topics with my other blog: <a href=" /> <div class="blogger-post-footer">www.thirdcoastcomics.com</div>2013/09/my-your-nerd-cave-idea.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630194366723823977.post-4863361878407633408Thu, 29 Aug 2013 18:19:00 +00002013-08-29T11:19:31.908-07:00Pirates Can Be Useful...Sort of...Maybe <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="; imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="175" src="; width="320" /></a></div> You ever have those moments where you're just not sure what to put in one of your blogs so it just sort of sits for a bit? Well this is one of those moments and one of those blogs. <a href=" /> So basically a study was done by Social Scientists in Europe that confirms a thing that I have been hearing for about the last year from people around the shop. Now our conversations surround the downloading of printed material but I think the conclusions reached matter. I get asked how much impact of digital comics has impacted my Brick and Mortar comic cook retail business. My quick and dirty observation is probably about as much as broke customer "moving back home" does. People have been telling me that instead of primarily shifting all of their comics purchases to digital download, they sample things they aren't sure they''d want to own a physical copy of and if they really like it SOMETHING HAPPENS. There was a point about a year and a half ago where people told me the thing that would happen was they'd keep buying the series digitally. NOW we've reached a point where people are trying a series online, hearing their friends talk about a series and then coming into the shop to buy the collected versions of that series. Apparently there is so much competition for their eyeballs on a screen that they can't wait to have that experience of buying SOMETHING in it's collected form. Now this is not according to my barely scientific research, a slam against digital. It seems like it's more of a move to ensure that if a consumer who may be prone to buying digitally is going to own something, then it had better be considered really good by the community. Community in this case is a group of peers and recommenders. How does this relate to the study mentioned above? Simple, we're not idiots. We all know damn well that everyone who talks to us about their digital comics isn't buying them legally. Some of those folks have got to be using some swank (and at this stage in the game, rather simple) piracy skills to stay abreast of what's going on in comics. Currently there are upwards of 150 different monthly comics titles on my shelves. a full 30 of them are Batman or X-Men related and while retailers and fans alike would live for all of these comics to be home runs, retailers and fans alike know good and damn well that this is not going to happen. Of the books on my shelves I'd only count about 25 of them as HOME RUN titles. That leaves a lot of room for doubt in the minds of consumers. Room for doubt and a lack of depth in the pockets is room room for piracy. Since not every pirate hangs out with only pirates, the pirates talk about comics with non pirates and they themselves become recommenders. Having a few less places to pirate COULD delay piracy and alter the established trajectory of SEE> TELL>BUY. I guess my ultimate point here is that I think it's plausible. No one wants to give pirates credit for anything positive because they are pirates but everyone uses them for something or another. <div class="blogger-post-footer">www.thirdcoastcomics.com</div>2013/08/pirates-can-be-usefulsort-ofmaybe.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630194366723823977.post-8480445902530415989Wed, 20 Mar 2013 16:56:00 +00002013-03-20T09:56:44.464-07:00A Super Character Draft Pt. 1 (Betsy's Team)On Saturday night, the Chicago Comic Book Meetup group met at Third Coast Comics in Chicago. Generally we just have comics related discussion over beers but this time we did something different. We held a Super Character Draft with the idea being that when we were done we'd pitch a comic to the group. There were 13 participants and 15 rounds. The Rules: Each team must have a supporting character. Each team must have 1 real life person who has appeared in a comic book at least once. Note: During the draft players were precluded from picking me as I have been in a comic book. Points to you if you happen to own one of those rare works of art. The 1st pick was Betsy and here is her team: Muhammed Ali Superman Power Girl Judge Dredd Sif Alfred Batwoman Kamandi Gene Simmons Atomic Robo Guy Gardner Dracula Fin Fang Foom Sinestro Devil Dinosaur The Pitch: <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> Justice League meets Lost.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> Sinestro gets a new ring, an iridescent  "Time Ring" and uses it to manipulate the timeline.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> The Justice League is tries to stop him, but he uses the ring to send several members (Guy Gardner, Superman, Power Girl) "away."</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> "Away" is the Land of the Lost, Sleestaks and all. Objects and people from different timelines have been displaced here by Sinestro (including legendary/literary characters like Dracula). A few people/creatures, like Kamandi and Devil Dinosaur, are natives. </div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> Currently Fin Fang Foom is the ruler and uses an army of dinosaurs to terrorize the land. </div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> Our heroes have to find each other, avoid getting eaten by monsters and find a way to defeat Sinestro and get back to their own timelines.</div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> </div> <div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"> The first cover would be Mohammad Ali  punching a Tyrannosaurus Rex. </div> <div class="blogger-post-footer">www.thirdcoastcomics.com</div>2013/03/a-super-character-draft-pt-1-betsys-team.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630194366723823977.post-2386709851064778109Wed, 27 Feb 2013 03:50:00 +00002013-02-26T19:50:59.186-08:00The Problem with Orson Scott Card writing Superman While this topic has been beaten to death at this point as it relates to "Should DC have hired Card or not", I'm feeling like the real problem with DC hiring Card is that it looks to me like DC is treating Card's detractors the same way it treats diversity in general. DC knows that there are only so many members of of it's buying public who are not straight white males but that isn't news. This is comics. MOST comic book readers/buyers are going to be straight white males but given the efforts of publishers and fans even on smaller scales, this is changing and faster than DC seems to be willing to admit. DC didn't just hire a famous writer who annoyed people to write Superman. Comic book companies seem to troll Hollywood for leftover plot ideas, leaping from the minds of vain celebs all the time. That could have been Kevin Smith or Michael Bay. People on the Internet and in comic shops would have had all sorts of gripes but everyone would have gotten past it pretty quickly. These guys went for OSC and I have to believe someone in a meeting said, "You do know this guys is ON RECORD as a champion anti-gay bigot don't you?" I'd be willing to bet someone then explained that OSC and some other more desired writer shared an agent or something and if they hired OSC, they could get BIG FISH X to come on board for a Batman GN in time for Christmas!" Note: Mark the date down so that when the announcement happens, you know I called it. The problem with OSC goes beyond bigotry on the part of the politics and finances of the writer. The problem goes to the alleged efforts the publisher has made towards respecting and promoting diversity. it's as if DC has said, "Come on people, it's not like we've been cancelling comics starring minority characters, which we KNOW tend to have a hard time maintaining traction in a market dominated by white male reader dollars." DC is hiring people and making business decisions as if each one takes place in a vacuum but for how much longer is this a viable option or way of approaching the quest for sales? <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="; imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="; width="320" /></a></div> <div class="blogger-post-footer">www.thirdcoastcomics.com</div>2013/02/the-problem-with-orson-scott-card.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630194366723823977.post-3628979411417413867Fri, 22 Feb 2013 18:55:00 +00002013-02-26T19:11:56.882-08:00We the People vs. Bigotry (posted here because the FB link on twitter just goes to the HRC) I'll try and make this simple. With all the publicity Orson Scott Card has gotten for being a bigot and getting to write a Superman story, Challengers Comics decided to give the proceeds of any Card Superman stories sold to the Human Rights Campaign. Apparently some folks on Tumblr and FB don't understand how fighting bigotry works and have been giving Patrick a little bit of lip about it (in typical Internet fashion). I happen to think Challengers is on the right path with this and fuck bigotry so therefore Third Coast Comics will also donate 100% of the profits of any copies we sell of Orson Scott Card's Superman to the Human Rights Campaign. Personally this is why we read the exploits of superheroes, right? To be inspired to fight against injustice and inequality wherever we see it. I don't see this as mixing business with politics. I see this as mixing business with human rights. The damn books is gonna blow anyway. <a href="; rel="nofollow nofollow" style="color: #3b5998; cursor: pointer; text-decoration: initial;" target="_blank"> class="blogger-post-footer">www.thirdcoastcomics.com</div>2013/02/we-people-vs.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630194366723823977.post-3331689885646259425Thu, 29 Nov 2012 22:30:00 +00002012-11-29T14:30:28.879-08:00Mission: Be Better FansRecently quite a bit of attention has been given to so comic book industry professionals who have found ways to simultaneously toss a nerd hand grenade and then throw themselves on the same hand grenade. I'm finding it all to be sort of tiresome and I'm not posting links. You can find it yourself. One minute we're all having a good time bitching about the quality of our comics and the next we're making each other prove their loyalty to the genre itself. One minute we're pissed that Magneto is breaking up threesomes and the next, we're mad that some little know film maker said a few years ago that he'd love to have sex with some fictional characters but not others, in a way that makes me pretty sure I never want to see his search history or look in that box in his closet behind his old luggage. I'm pretty sure there was a time when these things didn't happen in public but I can't tell you when that was. I'm not really one to want to take a bullet for jack asses in our business but I will say it might be time for us all to help kill this before it grows. Can we become better fans? I own a comic book retail shop and when I hear someone in the shop making juvenile comments about characters (or worse, actual people), I pretty much let them know that we're really not in the mood for it. There's a certain level of discourse I can deal with and believe me the bar is NOT very high but I don't need to constantly hear jokes about Power Girl's boobs or Batwoman's sexual orientation. If you have friends who read comics and all they want to talk about is having their way with Thor, feel free to  change the conversation to something like the current market value of Avengers Mansion or whether or not Nightwing is the sort of guy who'd get to a crime scene in a hybrid. I already have standard responses for when someone tells me DC hates women or that the comics industry hates Black characters and people. I do realize for us to all be consistent, we'll have to cut our fanfic consumption WAY down. You fans of Sherlock are SCREWED if you want things to get better. Make no mistake, I like when we fans can think outside the box. I like when we deconstruct our favorite hobbies and cobble them back together in our own image. Ask me how often I recreate wrestling stables of the past with current wrestlers! We love to engage in dumb navel gazing nerd pursuits. It just seems that now we've hit a point where the things we'd have just said to our friends when drunk in the back yard are coming out of our mouths sober and on the Internet. Can all of you help all of us be better fans? When you see a chick cosplaying Zatanna, Phoenix, Black Cat, American Maid, Batwoman, Maria Hill, Spider-Woman, Harley Quinn, Misty Knight, She Hulk, Firestar, or Dawnstar, just respond like you do when you see that dude cosplaying Fat Punisher or Fat Superman, Fat Shazam or Granny Goodness: "Hey, nice job."  - Meaning it "Hey, nice job." - Totally faking it "Scuse me Bro, can I check and see if there's a decent copy of Legion of Super-Heroes #294 in that box behind you?"  - Meaning that shit because that's really what we're all at the show for. At the next C2E2, I'm gonna post up somewhere and thank all of you geeks just for showing up. I won't even talk mad shit about that giant ass statue of Lorne Greene as Adama that you are wheeling out of the show or call too much attention to the fact that you stood in line for 2 hours and paid a lot of money to see "Celebrity X" when for the price of a martini you could have waited and met them at the bar. I used to think that we needed to do all we could to make sure we even had a generation of comic book fans after us. Now I'm a bit more concerned about whether or not we can have decent conversations with the ones we still have right now! Lets be better fans so I don't have to see people openly declaring that NOW they can't BARE to pay actual money for Guardians of the Galaxy while at the same time asking me if there will ever be a hard cover for All-Star Batman and Robin the Boy Wonder... Yes...I'm leaving that right there.... Me and you...better fans...for our FUTURE!   <div class="blogger-post-footer">www.thirdcoastcomics.com</div>2012/11/mission-be-better-fans.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630194366723823977.post-2228079631010172852Thu, 13 Sep 2012 03:24:00 +00002012-09-12T20:24:35.456-07:00DC ComicsEarth 2James RobinsonRecent Reads #2: Earth 2 #0I can remember when this particular wave of DC New 52 comics was announced months ago, being told by many people that they didn't think it would work. I know some folks just aren't so happy with James Robinson in the last few years and I have been defending his work for I can't even tell you how long. The most common comment is that everyone LOVED Starman. My most common follow-up is Get over it. I really thing James Robinson is an amazing writer that I'd love to see work with a small core cast and get the space to tell sprawling stories about everything from Legacy to Regret to Acceptance of the roles of heroes. Please, Mr Robinson, take me through the 12 steps of becoming a super person! Full disclosure: I couldn't get through his JLA run. I felt it was wordier than a latter day Chris Claremont Comic and that penciller Mark Bagley was not the best fit. Not trying to bitch about it  but I will do another post about what I;d have LOVED to see in that run. On to why you should be reading Earth Two (start at #0 if you have to). <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="; imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="; width="208" /></a></div> The New 52: Lemme Splain You - Multiverse - It's a concept that's been around as long as any of you have been reading books aimed at nerds.  There are many universes. The writers focus on one and sometimes bounce you over to another where shit is just different. Like the Star Trek Mirror Universe or the Cosby Show after Lisa Bonet slept with Mickey Rourke. DC has one of those again. There are 52 Universes in their Multiverse (so far) and Earth 2 is...the 2nd one...yeah... Now, on this Earth, in this Universe, SUPERMAN, BATMAN, and WONDER WOMAN are DEAD!!!! They died defending Earth and that left Earth with a void of heroes and SO Robinson is reintroducing characters from DC's past as modern day heroes who develop sans a Holy Trinity of Heroes!!!! Here's why you should pay attention: In a "normal" Multiversal situation the differences are generally rather subtle. Superman has salt and pepper grey and Batman has a dog named Ace. In THIS Earth 2, Their new version of Terry Sloane (Mr Terrific) has adopted an Ozymandias like role of "I know what's best for you and yeah you may have to die" which is a perfect background for this title. Think the Other Universe in Fringe!!! I LOVE` this book and you should budget for it! <div class="blogger-post-footer">www.thirdcoastcomics.com</div>2012/09/recent-reads-2-earth-2-0.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630194366723823977.post-8333763061753520382Thu, 13 Sep 2012 02:44:00 +00002012-09-12T19:57:35.809-07:00DC ComicsDCNew52Phantom StrangerRecent Reads: Phantom Stranger #0Dear Comic Book Fans: There is Hope - Stop Bitching I don't really expect to keep this up but I'm gonna try and lets see how long it lasts. The Internet has proven to be a place where fans can just rip everything endlessly but I'm feeling mad positive about my comics these days so I'm gonna try and give all of you my opinion of  books that MIGHT be on your shelves and why  you may want to give them a shot. I'll start with books that came in recently and then in an update, I'll try and get to this week's books: <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="; imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="; width="208" /></a></div> OK so yeah, the scuttlebutt is correct, THIS NEW`DC version of the Phantom Stranger is Judas, who is being made to atone for his crime by doing deeds in the service of what we can only assume to be some sort of "Lords of Order". I have to tell you that the book was good anytime character were not actually speaking. I was wondering about what I could only see as foreshadowing of some possible story elements! That's a good thing. Then...dialog. The dialog was distractedly bad BUT I'll give DC mad props for introducing the Spectre to the New 52 without attaching him to Earth 2 (which I LOVE). Go read it...just not too closely. <div class="blogger-post-footer">www.thirdcoastcomics.com</div>2012/09/recent-reads-phantom-stranger-0.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630194366723823977.post-3835231614795085305Fri, 10 Feb 2012 20:53:00 +00002012-02-10T13:35:56.107-08:00DC RelaunchPower GirlWorlds FinestWorld's Finest Ways to Make Sure Fans are Never HappyI'm gonna keep this short and sweet. Well...I'm gonna keep this short and sweet for me... DC's just released an image for World's Fines, starring Power Girl and Huntress, which is a lynchpin of DC's "Second Wave" of comics in their New 52 relaunch. Here: /> <a href=" style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 265px; height: 400px;" src="; alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5707618513862564018" border="0" /></a> Fans have been clamoring for a return of fan fave Power Girl since the relaunch happened in September but now the internet is abuzz with "WTF" comments about the new look of Power Girl. I can explain the look in a few different ways: 1) This look is VINTAGE George Perez. Perez is generally a product of the 70's and 80's in comics and in my mind he's a legend but if you hire a legend, you'll get what that legend does. 2) DC may be a bit self conscious about it's image as it relates to the ladies after last summer's kerfuffle about how they clearly don't like the ladies as evidenced by them working everywhere but DC, Catwoman's libido and whatever the shit was happening in Red Hood and the Outlaws #1 Featuring Starfire as played by Torrie Spelling. Now Power Girl is back and it's possible that fandom has crawled so far up DC's crack that it has run away from the one thing that it had working for it. History. Power Girl is sort of a breakout character of DC's last decade and while many casual fans didn't understand the "boob window", it was as much a part of her look as Batman's arm thingies or Superman's red undies. It was sort of like that rope around Captain Marvel's neck. No one knows why it's there but they miss it when it's gone. I don't really want to bash this outfit too much but I do know that the most important thing about Power Girl in this story is that she and Huntress are trying to find their way back to their own dimension and she doesn't need a new and totally foreign look to do that. This outfit is a space suit with a cape and that "P" symbol screams 1985 to me. I'm a huge Legion of Super Heroes fan and I bet this suit would look GREAT on Phantom Girl. In fact, it's the sort of thing that folks will wear in the year 3012 when capes and monogram clothing are as much a part of our lives as zippers and cell phones. DC needed to bring Power Girl back but they didn't need to scrap the old look so completely. Especially if they were allowing Perez to add those HR Geiger inspired bracelets and boots. I don't know. I like the new 52 and I expect good things from this book but DC needs to stop battling itself when the internet screams "YOU HATE US" and stick to what works best for it, which is great characters being done by great creators. Soon, this costume will, like many of the Jim Lee redesigned outfits of other New DC characters, look pretty dated. Power Girl's outfit here is so off the mark that I'm shocked she doesn't have a high collar.<div class="blogger-post-footer">www.thirdcoastcomics.com</div>2012/02/worlds-finest-ways-to-make-sure-fans.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630194366723823977.post-6946403787290348460Thu, 13 Oct 2011 19:10:00 +00002011-10-13T12:59:44.464-07:00DC ComicsKids ComicsWhat DC missed: KIDS!!!!!So we're all done with the 1st Month of the new 52 (and we're like 2 weeks past that) and it hit me that what was really missed was a chance to take on the one challenge DC said they really wanted to address, NEW READERS! Now I know DC meant folks maybe younger than me who missed out on comics but why not go WAY younger and commit to 10 comics that are all ages that start fresh and are told in the "One and Done" format. What do they have to lose really? They just committed to 52 books and I know they will have to axe 10 of those if they want to keep the quality up so here's what I propose: 10: Batman: The Brave and the Bold - It's a team up book and the book exists now and already works and you can just throw in kids versions of character that appear in the New 52 pretty much as they appear. In the 1st 3 issues, Batman can team up with Blue Beetle, Sinestro, and even Animal Man. 9: Young Justice: I don't care if ewe have the Teen Titans or not BUT, since the cartoon is still on, lets keep that book going. Young Heroes and Sidekicks having adventures! 8: Wonder Woman: When was the last time there was a Wonder Woman comic on the stands that a little girl in a comic shop could actually read? No offense to the great job that Brian Azzarello and Cliff Chiang are doing on the main WW book but a horse got his head chopped off all bloody like. Not for kids... 7: Legion of Superheros: Yeah I know the show got canceled a few years ago BUT this gives you lots of diversity and can be told in a "There's hope for the future" sort of way. Also it's KIDS HAVING ADVENTURES...IN THE FUTURE!!!! 6: The Power of SHAZAM: What the shit is the reason for not having at the very least a kids focused book about the adventures of Billy Batson, a kid given the powers he'd need to solve problems by the gods themselves!!! 5: Young Frankenstein and the Agents of Shade: Yeah I just bastardized the title of the main book but whatever. Make Frankenstein a kid monster and send him on missions with kid vampires, ghosts, wolf men and whatever!!! DO IT! 4: Tiny Titans: Well if this book gets canceled MFers would lose their shit. The soccer moms in the area of my store would do horrible things to their ex husbands. Can't let that happen. 3: Justice League of America: Ok so JLU is off the air and I'm mostly over it but kids should have a Justice League comic to read that isn't as campy as the Superfriends and isn't going to be as prone to darkness for the sake of darkness like Identity Crisis. How about a JLA book that tells the sorts of stories from the 1st 200 issues of the original DC JLA comic? 2: Superman: Because what kid doesn't like Superman! This also gives DC the ability to do what the Brave and the Bold comic does with guest stars. I'm really interested in Mr. Miracle, Orion and some of the other Jack Kirby creations. 1: Captain Carrot and his Amazing Zoo Crew: Look, you may think it's silly but trust me. Put this book in the hands of a 6 year old and you'll have his families cash for life. here: read this: /> <a href=" style="cursor: pointer; width: 263px; height: 400px;" src="; alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5663068728334739922" border="0" /></a><div class="blogger-post-footer">www.thirdcoastcomics.com</div>2011/10/what-dc-missed-kids.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630194366723823977.post-3280194910570634734Wed, 03 Aug 2011 21:12:00 +00002011-08-03T15:38:15.007-07:00Spider-ManTHIS IS THE SPIDERMAN OF COLOR: Now go away!Ok look, most of you are not reading OR BUYING Spider-Man comics these days and you haven't been for some time so after reading the stupid comments from the general public and the poorly written stories from the media in general, I'd like to explain things to you in the most basic form possible. I lack sock puppets so here goes this. The Contents of Comic Books are not real. They are just stuff written on stuff to talk about stuff. Some cool people like stuff. Marvel Comics is a company in the business of making comic books. I have already spoken as to the nature of where comic books fit into things that are real but I'll elaborate for the racists who are probably reading this, not knowing they've pissed me off. Things that count in science (and are not theoretical): People: Einstein, Newton and Hawking for example Places: CERN, Pangea, Easter Island and Madame Currie's Lab. Things: Bricks, Dolphins, Ice Cream, Sushi, Lesbians and the paper that makes comic books. Things that science nerds like but may or not be real/possible: Alternate Universes, Dark Matter and Time Travel, the contents of comic books (depending on your level of socialization) Things that science would tell you are real: Matter, Energy, Emotions of Stupid Mother Fuckers who don't buy comics Now then, Marvel Comics as a company have created several alternate universes. For all intents and purposes lets call the one where Spider-Man is alive and still white, the M616 universe. This is how comic book fans think of it. The Spider-Man you saw in movies and TV is not the M616 universe. Those were movies and TV and the people who make that stuff think not very much about what nerds think. They love their bank accounts more than they love your comic book continuity. One of the universes that Marvel Comics created went through some major upheaval recently and because it's fairly new and NOT the main universe, this is ok. Let us call this universe MU2000 (Marvel Ultimate 2000) since 2000 was about the year this universe was created. We have come to a point where Peter Parker in the MU2000 universe is dead as a doornail but the M616 Peter Parker is STILL alive and white (I state the latter because that matters to some of you idiots). THIS IS THE SPIDER-MAN of MU2000 <a href=" style="cursor: pointer; width: 297px; height: 218px;" src="; alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636752375404826754" border="0" /></a> Now we know there just happen to be some people out there in the world who can't stand when something from their childhood changes or goes away. For this reason I think we still have things like all the stuff from the childhood of anyone 35-105 that folks haven't gotten over to the tune of giving something new a chance because their racist and withered hearts are full of poo. For those of you with poo in your hearts, you blow BUT generally the M616 universe is still there for you. Peter Parker is alive and well and he's doing stuff. Here he is: <a href=" style="cursor: pointer; width: 291px; height: 440px;" src="; alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5636755220550547426" border="0" /></a> Lets be honest, there's a white man under that mask for damn sure. Now, knock yourselves out. Now, as Spider-Man goes, I don't really care because I'm not that big a fan BUT I do care that assholes run to the damn internets anytime they hear that a fictitious White person has bought the farm, only to have a similarly fictitious Black/Hispanic person pick up the mantle. The bigot rage is so strong sometimes that you'd think a comic book company was about to have an encounter with a iceberg ala Titanic and sink into an ocean of ill thought out futurism. In reality if Glen Beck (who bitched and blamed this all on Michelle Obama) and the majority of you racist jag bags out in internet land actually spent money on half the shit you showed indignation about, the world would come closer to resembling your world view. It does not because you are assholes and the universe hates you. You also have ugly feet. Ok to summarize. Spider-Man is only "Black-Spanic" in an alternate univere of a thing that is also not real. Comic books, while not being real, are still composed of matter and the energy contained within is still great, especially when a bunch of racist ass goblins decide they'll leave my favorite hobby to me and my friends. For the record, I count among my friends the following types of people: Blacks Whites Asians Aliens, illegal or otherwise Gays Dems Reps a Libertarian Some dumb folks Smart folks Scientists This one chick from Germany Geeks Nerds Some kids from Jersey The Jewish Girl from Texas Small Town girls who love beer People with feelings People in recovery Pro comic book artists Less than pro comic book artists My Sister with lupus My Sister who likes jean skirts Radio personalities Sports radio listeners Catholics Pagans Travelers Homebodies Knitters Boozers Believers in the Power of Metal Some Haters and anyone who reads this and knows where I'm coming from. If you can't accept that Spider-Man can be brown in some other made up universe then you are an ass and when you move to Asslandia, we will not miss you.<div class="blogger-post-footer">www.thirdcoastcomics.com</div>2011/08/this-is-spiderman-of-color-now-go-away.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Anonymous)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7630194366723823977.post-1059488485116821873Fri, 24 Jun 2011 17:59:00 +00002011-06-24T11:02:59.854-07:00BatgirlBatmanBatwingBatwomanBirds of PreyDC RelaunchNightwingDC Relaunch: The Bat-Network If all the pals of Batman had their own searchlight signals, the skies over Gotham would look like Vegas! Batwing by Judd Winnick and Ben Oliver TF: I’m glad later press releases narrowed this down to a fictional city in the Congo rather than “The Batman of Africa.” I hear that place is pretty big. DM: I don’t give a shit. The “Press” can kiss my ass for pretending they care if Africa is a big or small place at all. In one fucking month, Batman can have his ass in Gotham, Metropolis, Vegas, Spain, Mexico, Japan and the god damn moon. This Batwing guy has a fictional city because if he didn’t, he’s have a hovering base over Mt. Kilimanjaro and would get everywhere in Africa by teleporting and would solve it’s problems in a year, making Bruce Wayne look like a waspish slacker. Fuck the “Press”. TF: I know there’s only one writer I’d trust with the “hovering over Kilimanjaro” angle. But unfortunately Bob Haney is dead. DM: Wait! Morrison put his Ultramarines there didn’t he? Then Grodd ate them. Black folks forgot to get angry and complain. So did vegetarians. Red Hood and the Outlaws by Scott Lobdell and Kenneth Rocafort TF: Wow, you can’t swing a dead cat in here without hitting an angry sidekick--oh sorry, Speedy. DM: Well I think this is meant to have that WildStorm like feel. It’s the only reason you include Starfire. I Can see Red Arrow hanging out with Red Hood but there are other angry also ran side kicks they could use, right? TF: Absolutely. All-new, all-deadly versions of Wing, Dan the Dyna-Mite, and Little Boy Blue. DM: If the JSA still existed, I know they’d use Ted Grant’s Wildcat kid. If this were a WildStom title we’d just be missing some feral cat dude with claws and a killer robot-demon. Technically maybe that’s Starfire, who also gets to be the hot, angry, space babe. She’ll have a katana to use by issue #7. TF: Doesn’t Lobdell have the Teen Titans also? DM: Yeah. Cross that bridge when you need to set it on fire with me in a few days. Nightwing by Kyle Higgins and Eddie Barrows TF: Take 2 steps back, Dick Grayson! DM: Sigh...To be honest we all knew it was coming. The online casual readership doesn’t know fuck all about there being 2 Batmen running around. It’s just confusing to them. He goes back to being Nightwing. 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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25190947Tue, 30 Jun 2026 14:06:02 +0000AnglicanAnglican CommunionThe Episcopal ChurchCatholicPostmodernRoman CatholicBlog UpdatesLiturgyBarthContemporaryGAFCONPersonalSoteriologyEvolutionHoly TrinityChalcedonianChurch HistoryChurch of EnglandSacramentscouncilsCreationismDissenting AnglicanHermeneuticsMetaphorcreedsFilioqueEastern OrthodoxEcclesiologyEnglish ReformationPopetop listsAugustineBibleCalvinismElectionLambethRahnerBCPOriental OrthodoxPlatonismTillichApostolicEvangelicalismHeresyScriptureSoulArminianismBalthasarChristologyDe LubacKeith WardLewisMythPrayers for DepartedPurgatoryReformationSaintsWestAquinasHeaven and HellIncarnationInvocation of SaintsMemeNatural SelectionSpiritualityArticles of ReligionBaptismBlog CharterBultmannConfessionalismCranmerEternityHookerMaryOriginal SinPolkinghornePrayerVaticanfunAriusCharles GoreDemonsDeterminismEschatologyFunnyHans KungLutherMarcionMcGrathNT WrightNicaeaPelagiusPoliticsSchweitzerSermonsTheodicyCatholic in the Third MillenniumExploring the implications, challenges, and possibilities of being Catholic in the Third Millenniumnoreply@blogger.com (Dan Dunlap)Blogger247125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25190947.post-606848749965657257Mon, 20 May 2013 03:02:00 +00002013-05-19T22:02:14.385-05:00ArminianismCalvinismDeterminismElectionEternityPlatonismTheodicyTheodicy and Determinism: Leibniz's Folly of the "Best Possible World"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="; imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="; /></a></div> The theodicy conundrum is typically set up as a "best possible worlds" dilemma: of all possible worlds that could have been created, why would an all-loving, all-knowing, and all-powerful God create a world in which evil and suffering exist? Why did God create the circumstances that would allow Adam to sin? These questions, the stuff of anti-theist rejoinders, have been the perennial bane of Christ theology for time immemorial. <a href=" the Article here.</a>2013/05/theodicy-and-determinism-leibnizs-folly.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan Dunlap)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25190947.post-3081509230898271997Sat, 04 May 2013 02:18:00 +00002013-05-03T21:18:58.417-05:00ChalcedonianChristologycouncilsEastern OrthodoxHeresyOriental OrthodoxRehabilitating Nestorius (Part Two)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="; imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="224" src="; width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> It should come as no surprise then that the near-immediate result of Chalcedon was major schism, on both sides of the divide: those who could not assent to the condemnation of Nestorius as well as those who judged that Dioscorus of Alexandria had been unfairly deposed. In the latter case, nearly the entire ancient Church of Alexandria, Cyril's former see, would break away from the rest of the Orthodox world. (The Coptic Orthodox Church descends from this break.)</div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href=" the Article Here</a></div> 2013/05/rehabilitating-nestorius-part-two.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan Dunlap)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25190947.post-4966954826921881851Mon, 29 Apr 2013 19:33:00 +00002013-04-29T14:35:07.001-05:00ChalcedonianChristologyChurch HistorycouncilscreedsEastern OrthodoxHeresyIncarnationOriental OrthodoxRehabilitating Nestorius (Part One): Historical Background<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="; imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="; width="312" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Like the his compatriots of the Antiochene school, Nestorius was a dyophysite, ironically, the position that would ultimately win the day at the Council of Chalcedon (451). Had it been as simple as the question of one or two natures, history might have been kinder to Nestorius, perhaps even vindicating him as the champion of orthodoxy rather than Cyril. But Nestorius's misstep was in the way he went about articulating the dyophysite position. For Nestorius, the two-natures Christology necessitated the reality of two corresponding hypostases or subsistences, each the proper and unique subject of its own nature. But if this were the case then how could a true union of the divine and human in Christ be posited?</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href=" the Article Here.</a></div> 2013/04/rehabilitating-nestorius-part-one.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan Dunlap)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25190947.post-2282641210506237010Tue, 02 Apr 2013 02:22:00 +00002013-04-01T21:24:10.917-05:00EvolutionNatural SelectionNatural (s)Election, Part Two<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="; imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="; width="224" /></a></div> No longer can the theologian afford to regard anthropos as the sole object of God's redemptive love, the exclusive image-bearer, or the center of the created order. If natural selection means anything in theology it means that the phenomenological emergence of anthropos in our small corner of the universe is the creative response of a cosmos imbued by the loving call of its Creator towards greater and greater complexity in the exercise of its freedom-to-become. Thus, the entirety of the cosmos, not just one minuscule part of it, must be considered in terms of the imago Dei (or rather as potentia imaginem Dei). <a href=" the rest of the article.</a>2013/04/natural-selection-part-two.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan Dunlap)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25190947.post-3921460249670691959Wed, 13 Mar 2013 01:58:00 +00002013-04-01T21:25:58.178-05:00AugustineCatholicElectionHeresyPelagiusPlatonismSacramentsSoteriologyRehabilitating Pelagius: The Making of the West's Most Notorious "Heretic"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="; imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="; /></a></div> <a href=" Pelagius: The Making of the West's Most Notorious "Heretic"</a> That Augustine did indeed retain something of his former Manichee views of human nature seems a fair assessment on Pelagius's part. But rather than base his pessimistic views of human nature in the Manichee mythos that the physical universe was not created by God at all, but rather by evil forces, Augustine found in his new Christian faith an explanation that seemed to uphold the doctrine of God as Creator of all things while at the same time exonerating God from being the author of sin. This was, of course, the story of the Fall of Adam in the Book of Genesis, especially as interpreted by Paul in his letter to the Romans (chapter 5). <a href=" the rest of the article here.</a>2013/03/rehabilitating-pelagius-making-of-wests.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan Dunlap)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25190947.post-4280527556515073249Tue, 05 Mar 2013 17:58:00 +00002013-03-05T11:58:11.153-06:00ChristologyContemporaryEvolutionIncarnationMaryNatural SelectionOriginal SinPostmodernRahnerA Theological Narrative of Theistic Evolution<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="; imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="; /></a></div> ...Given the unfathomable gulf of being, divine grace from a distance can only hope to persuade through imperfect witness, hoping to woo a self-aware cosmos into receiving the divine "in the fullness of time." The biblical record is filled with stories of divine call and human receptivity. Even paganism has its myths of divine union with humankind. Yet each account fails by degrees to be that perfect moment of receptivity until the incarnation of Christ -- a holy mother's fiat -- the mythos of Annunciation -- the cosmos ready to receive the divine seed of its own theosis. <a href=" the entire post here.</a>2013/03/a-theological-narrative-of-theistic.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan Dunlap)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25190947.post-5802753737294449238Sat, 16 Feb 2013 16:32:00 +00002013-02-16T10:34:30.774-06:00ElectionEvolutionIncarnationNatural SelectionPostmodernNatural (s)Election: Incarnation & Evolution<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="; imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="208" src="; width="320" /></a></div> From a theistic-evolutionary perspective, not only can we "hardly afford to reify the Edenic myth of the earth as a place in the universe specially prepared to await the arrival of our species," but we can hardly claim, as a theological necessity, that there is anything exceptional about our peculiar species of terrestrially-bound hominid that would preclude the possibility of multiple instances of divine incarnation elsewhere in the "world of the universe that is." Read the entire article over at <a href=" project.</a>2013/02/natural-selection-incarnation-evolution.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan Dunlap)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25190947.post-5172102663183774455Tue, 12 Feb 2013 22:40:00 +00002013-02-12T16:41:20.702-06:00Rehabilitating Arius, Part Two<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="; imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="213" src="; width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Theological language serves as boundary and parameter, as pedagogue and teacher; but preeminently it serves as witness. In this sense, it speaks forth referential truth rather than descriptive truth about God, pointing us truly to the God who is worthy of our adoration rather than to a divine specimen subject to our taxonomic investigation.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="; style="text-align: left;">See the article here.</a></div> 2013/02/rehabilitating-arius-part-two.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan Dunlap)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25190947.post-4508426456568221Fri, 08 Feb 2013 02:48:00 +00002013-02-07T20:51:39.313-06:00AriusChristologycreedsEternityHeresyHoly TrinityNicaeaRehabilitating Arius (An excerpt from post.catholic project)<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="; imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="; /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> Yet, still, there is an element of truth in Arius' statement: "There was a time when he was not." To speak of a "pre-incarnate Christ," that is from a temporal point of reference, is nonsensical. Ironically, such language infuses a degree of Docetism into the Godhead, not in "seeming to be human" but rather in "seeming to be divine." A pre-incarnate Christ, which is to say a NON-incarnate Christ, is at best an abstraction and at worst a demigod waiting (a temporal verb) for a body.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> <a href=" the entire article here.</a></div> 2013/02/rehabilitating-arius-excerpt-from.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan Dunlap)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25190947.post-3663350839579449165Fri, 08 Feb 2013 02:38:00 +00002013-02-07T20:40:09.351-06:00DemonsSoulOn the Nature of Demons<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="; imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="212" src="; width="320" /></a></div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> In the world of the universe that is, demons have no reality apart from that which they derive from us. They are not real; yet that does not mean they do not exist. They exist as pure potential, as projections of our own psyche; projections that become "real enough" when we feed them.</div> <div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> </div> <a href=" the rest of the article here.</a> <a href=" Part Two here.</a>2013/02/on-nature-of-demons.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan Dunlap)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25190947.post-9059440836657017930Thu, 19 Jul 2012 21:54:00 +00002012-07-19T16:54:07.982-05:00Clarity, Full Disclosure & A Way Forward: Standing in the Wake of General Convention and the Approval of Same-Sex Blessings<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="; imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="; width="320" /></a></div> <div style="text-align: center;"> <a href=" Sermon Preached at Good Shepherd, Tomball</a></div>2012/07/clarity-full-disclosure-way-forward.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan Dunlap)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25190947.post-6826721791115777632Fri, 13 Apr 2012 19:06:00 +00002012-04-13T14:06:38.058-05:00An Evolutionary Look at Creation, the Fall, and Our Restoration in Christ<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="; imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="210" src="; width="320" /></a></div> Creation is an act of kenosis, i.e. a "self-emptying," whereby the Creator pours out the divine-self to "make room" for something other than the divine-self. Yet creation is not so much "event" as it is a series of dynamic, ongoing, purposeful and transformative processes. In the initial act of creation, God calls the cosmos into being from non-being (creatio ex nihilo). But God also continues to call and draw the cosmos towards the gradual attainment of greater and greater complexity (creatio continua), eventually manifesting itself in the emergence of life, sentience, consciousness, rationality, moral awareness, spirituality, love, beauty, joy, and ultimately, the beatific vision. Considered in terms of mere physicalism, these processes may be rightly subsumed under the scientific term "evolution." Read the rest of the article <a href=" /> <a href=" Two: Theosis Realized</a>2012/04/evolutionary-look-at-creation-fall-and.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan Dunlap)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25190947.post-3323451777049384386Sat, 07 Apr 2012 19:57:00 +00002012-04-07T15:00:33.152-05:00BarthBibleBultmannHermeneuticsMetaphorMythPostmodernScriptureThe Quest Continues with "The Witness of the Empty Tomb"<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="(1).jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="(1).jpg" width="256" /></a></div> Barth had never held or insinuated that the resurrection of Christ had been anything but a physical resurrection or that the Church's faith in the resurrection was rooted in anything less than historical event. Barth's earlier statements that seemed to dismiss the "empty tomb" were not about denying the existence of a grave or a sepulcher located somewhere in or around Jerusalem, but rather about the legendary character of the resurrection accounts found in the gospels. <a href=" the rest of the article here.</a>2012/04/quest-continues-with-witness-of-empty.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan Dunlap)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25190947.post-1776308771716204317Fri, 30 Mar 2012 20:54:00 +00002012-04-01T13:07:08.218-05:00BarthBibleBultmannHermeneuticsMetaphorMythPostmodernSchweitzerScriptureTillichThe Quest for the Mythistorical Jesus<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="; imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="; width="227" /></a></div> ...Jesus is not the kind of person that history typically remembers. Indeed, the shortcomings of "questing" for the historical Jesus is simply that what can be known about Jesus historically, apart from the rare incidental comment by otherwise disinterested observers (like Josephus and Suetonius), is relegated exclusively to the writings of his followers, particularly the gospels. The problem is, however, that the gospels are not "histories," at least not in the sense that we understand that term today; nor are they what we would call "biographies." Rather they are "faith-narratives," i.e., stories about the "Christ of faith." <a href=" entire article here.</a>2012/03/quest-for-mythistorical-jesus.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan Dunlap)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25190947.post-4638846512431321748Sat, 24 Mar 2012 07:08:00 +00002012-04-01T13:04:11.609-05:00BibleHermeneuticsMetaphorMythPostmodernScriptureTillichMythopoeia Ancient & Modern<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="; imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="320" src="; width="272" /></a></div> "Standing right at the pivot point of the Axial Age are the sacred texts of the biblical tradition, written over the course of some eight centuries, more or less, but certainly preserving stories that are much older; stories of the ancient mythopoeic mind, remembered and re-crafted into Israel's sacred story." <a href=" Here</a> to read the rest of this post.2012/03/mythopoei-ancient-modern.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan Dunlap)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25190947.post-2269651432175222389Wed, 14 Mar 2012 15:54:00 +00002012-04-01T13:06:44.058-05:00BibleHeresyHermeneuticsMarcionMetaphorMythPostmodernTillichMarcion Rehabilitated (Part Four)<a href=" the Dilemma of the Schizophrenic God</a>2012/03/marcion-rehabilitated-part-four.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan Dunlap)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25190947.post-5243680169938406445Thu, 23 Feb 2012 04:36:00 +00002012-02-22T22:36:25.463-06:00My New BlogCome and visit my new blog: <a href=" project."</a>  I'm writing under the nom de plume, "Father Thomas."2012/02/my-new-blog.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan Dunlap)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25190947.post-3997200796680315982Tue, 11 Aug 2009 19:29:00 +00002009-08-11T14:32:23.002-05:00SermonsThe Bread of Life - Sermon Preached on Pentecost 10<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href=" style="float:left; margin:0 10px 10px 0;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 226px; height: 320px;" src="; border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5368791268136418722" /></a> 1 Kings 19:4-8 Psalm 34:1-8 Ephesians 4:25-52 John 6:35, 41-51 Many of the stories in the Old Testament have an epic character to them, where the forces of good battle against forces of evil. This is no less of our story from 1 Kings. The hero of our epic story is the prophet Elijah – one of the last surviving prophets of God. He is a wanted man, for the wicked Queen Jezebel has been purging the nation of its prophets of Yahweh and replacing them with prophets of Baal. In our Old Testament reading (1 Kings 19:4-8), we see Elijah at a tragic, low point in the story… a low point in his life… ready to give up. At first reading, this seems strange, because he has just won a major battle against the prophets of Baal on Mount Carmel (1 Kings 18). However, no sooner had Elijah defeated the forces of Baal than Queen Jezebel resumed her manhunt with renewed vigor, and Elijah is forced to flee into the barrenness of the desert. In the desert, under a solitary broom tree, Elijah falls into a deep depression and asks God to take his life. “It is enough; now, O LORD, take away my life, for I am no better than my ancestors” (1 Kings 19:4). At this point, God sends an angel to minister to him. Upon waking him, the angel bids Elijah to get up and eat the baked bread lying near him on hot stones. He does this twice in fact. And through this bread, prepared by God’s angelic messenger, Elijah is given the strength, encouragement and endurance he needs for the forty day journey to the mountain of God – Mount Horeb. Once again the connection between our Old Testament reading and the Gospel appointed for this Sunday (cf. John 6:35, 41-51) is the metaphor of Bread. Our gospel begins with the words of Jesus: “I am the Bread of Life. He who comes to me will never be hungry. Whoever believes in me will never be thirsty” (Verse 35). Bread is an incredibly powerful metaphor, both in Scripture and in the historical narratives of virtually every culture. Bread is as old as culture itself. Anthropologists mark the beginning of civilization with the cultivation of grains – e.g., wheat, rye, barley, rice. Our earliest human ancestors may have had a diet richer in protein, gathering nuts and fruit and hunting game, but it was not until humankind mastered the tilling of the soil for grain crops that human populations could settle into communities and nations. Ancient Rome was just as dependent on the breadbasket of Egypt to advance its dominion as are Western nations today dependent on oil rich countries to fuel modern society and advance modern values and ideals. You see, there is more to bread than meets the eye or nourishes the body. It is the root of human ingenuity and industry, the fundamental building block of culture. Bread is fundamentally a human “invention,” yet the ability to make bread depends entirely on God’s goodness in creation – i.e., in creating the seeds of the earth, sending the rains, and providing the nourishment to grow. In a very real sense, one could say that the making of bread defines what it means to be human. Yet if this is true, it is true in the sense that it defines what it means to be human in relation to each other and human in relation to our Creator. This is expressed well in the Offertory of the Roman Mass: “Blessed are you, Lord, God of all Creation: Through your goodness we have this bread to offer, which earth has given and human hands have made. It will become for us the bread of life. Blessed be God for ever.” It should not surprise us, then, that throughout the biblical narrative God meets his people in and through bread. The preparation, giving and eating of bread is no less than the juncture of divine and human fellowship – whether it is in the unleavened bread of the Passover meal, the Manna in the wilderness, the showbread in the Tabernacle which David and his men were permitted to eat to replenish their strength, or in the bread that Elijah ate to strengthen his body and replenish his soul. Throughout Scripture, God demonstrates his companionship towards humankind in bread. In fact the words “companion” and “companionship” come from the Latin words “com” meaning “with” and “panis” meaning “bread” – i.e., to partake of bread together. For Jesus then to make the claim to be “the bread that came down from heaven” would have been astounding to his hearers. Remember these were people who were steeped in these stories from the Old Testament; good Jews who knew that Jesus’ statement amounted to a claim that he was in himself the mediator between God and humankind, that God meets us and communes with us in Jesus. Indeed, our Gospel tells us that it was this claim that caused the crowds to complain about him and disbelieve his message; this same prophet who only a day before had fed the five thousand with five loaves and two fish. “Is this not Jesus, the son of Joseph, whose father and mother we know?” Is he not a mere man like the rest of us? No doubt they could have accepted Jesus as a good teacher, a rabbi, or perhaps a prophet; no doubt, had he given them the sign they demanded they would even have accepted him as a prophet on par with the great Moses! Even today there are people who can accept Christ as a good teacher or perhaps a prophet. But Jesus claims to be more than this, much more. At one and the same time, his claim is grounded both in the human and the divine. By saying that he is “bread” he is claiming to be fundamentally human (in fact the fundamental human – the founder of a “new humanity”). By claiming to be “from heaven” he claims a divine origination, like the Manna from heaven, and yet much more than Manna that merely feeds for a day. For the Bread that Jesus gives is his own flesh, and the life that he gives through his body is eternal. It is in Jesus, in partaking of him through his broken flesh, that we meet God, that we are strengthened, encouraged, and given eternal life. But more than this…it is in Jesus, in participating in our human condition, that God meets us and solidarity and companionship with God is established. It is for these reasons that on his last night with his disciples, Jesus gave us the bread and wine of the Eucharist – the holy food and drink of eternal life. Through these actions at the altar, the Church’s primary act of worship together, that we meet the Christ who died for us, the Christ who is risen for us, and the Christ who will one day come again us. This is the Church’s hope and faith. This is our faith as the body of Christ.2009/08/bread-of-life-sermon-preached-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (Dan Dunlap)1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-25190947.post-6728962607344878709Thu, 23 Jul 2009 19:56:00 +00002009-07-23T15:39:36.113-05:00Anglican CommunionThe Episcopal ChurchStanding in the Gap - Sermon for Pentecost 7<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href=" style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 279px; height: 400px;" src="; border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5361757972066533186" /></a> “We are called to stand in the gap and that has not and will not change.”(Carol Barnwell, Communications Director, Diocese of Texas, July 2009) Sometimes we can be very naïve in our reading of the New Testament. We read it with rose-colored lenses, thinking that there were no serious or divisive controversies in the New Testament age – at least none as serious as those which threaten to divide our churches today. Well, I have news for you: there has never been a time in church history when the Body of Christ has not been under the threat of division; and this includes the New Testament age. Today’s reading from the Book of Ephesians [2:11-22] reminds us of this. Read in light of the controversies of the day (rather than reading it as just another theological treatise) we can begin to appreciate that, in context, this passage was an admonition of sorts. Specifically, it served as an admonition directed towards a predominantly Gentile church – i.e., a church tempted to think too highly of itself as it looked down upon those of Jewish descent, and thus a church in danger of division. The “presenting cause” (if you will) was the Law of Moses and, more specifically, the practice of circumcision which Gentile believers rejected, but which many believers of Jewish descent still regarded as a necessary rite of initiation. By the time this letter was written, Gentile Christians no doubt outnumbered those of Jewish descent in most places, and were presumably enjoying their newfound preeminence in the Church. But here the author takes the opportunity to remind them that they were once “far off” … “without Christ and aliens from the commonwealth of Israel” … “strangers to the covenants of promise and without God in the world.” After reminding them of their former alien-status, the author proceeds to tell them that there is absolutely no basis or reason for divisions amongst Christians of different backgrounds, because “…Christ is our peace; in his flesh he has made both groups into one and has broken down the dividing wall, that is, the hostility between us.” Once again – this week – we were made painfully aware of how divided our own Church and Communion are. (On a personal note, I tried very hard to ignore what was going on in Anaheim. However, the media and blogosphere managed to break through my self-imposed indifference to remind me of just how close the Anglican Communion actually is to dividing and separating into factions.) True, the issues of today are very different from those of St. Paul’s day. Nevertheless, we are witnessing the same dynamics at work: people of strong convictions on both sides of serious issues alienating each other, and setting up walls of division between themselves for the sake of preeminence in the church. Somewhere along the way, we have forgotten that “Christ is our peace”; and that in his flesh he has made us one Body, by breaking down dividing walls and abolishing all of our hostilities. I know it is natural at this point to object to what I am suggesting. After all, if this statement were true (or if it applied to OUR controversies) – i.e., if Christ really has broken down all “dividing walls” and abolished all hostilities through his flesh – then how is it that otherwise sincere Christians still find themselves so divided? Why are there differences of opinion at all? How can it be that the Church of Christ is of two minds on such important matters? I believe the answer can be boiled down to a simple distinction: The difference between “being” and “knowing;” i.e., the difference between “what we are” and “our understanding of what we are.” Now the dirty little secret in academic circles is that philosophers and theologians have known about this distinction for a long time; indeed, they have built whole careers on it! How this distinction applies to the Body of Christ is quite simple: there is a crucial difference between “what we are in Christ” and how we understand and experience “what it means to be in Christ.” Intuitively, we all know this to be true, especially when it comes to our own personal Christian walks. For example: We so fervently believe in Christ’s victory in our lives! And yet… how difficult is it to live that life of victory? As a tenet of our faith we believe that Christ has conquered sin and death, and yet… we continue to struggle with sin and the prospect of death! Each week we drop to our knees in confession, because we believe that God is faithful and just to forgive us our sins. But if “knowing” was identical to “being,” we would never have to confess our sins because we would never sin! Individually, we experience salvation as a process. It is process for us corporately as the Body of Christ as well. Hence, if “knowing” was identical to “being,” it would stand to reason that there would no longer be any differences in the Church. Yet as St. Paul reminds us elsewhere, what we know we know “only in part”: “Now we see but a poor reflection as in a mirror; then we shall see face to face. Now I know in part; then I shall know fully, even as I am fully known” (cf. 1 Corinthians 13:9, 12). It is when one or more parties in the Church confuse “knowing” with “being” that separation and division in the Body of Christ becomes inevitable. It is only a matter of time. Most of you know I have not always been an Episcopalian. My original ordination was in the Reformed Episcopal Church, a group that separated 136 years ago from the Episcopal Church because they could no longer tolerate differences of opinion in that denomination. However, 136 years ago the controversies were not over homosexual bishops and same-sex unions, but rather whether or not ministers should wear Eucharistic vestments … and whether candles should be placed on the altar … and whether the altar should even be called an altar (rather than a table) … and whether a priest should be called a priest! These issues seem petty and unimportant to us today; indeed, they are no longer important to the Reformed Episcopal Church! But they were important enough at the time to separate from the main body. Though the issues have changed, the underlying problem for the original Reformed Episcopalians is the same one we face today: the confusion of “knowing” with “being.” When someone or some group insists that they alone “know” or possess the truth they are, in essence, making a claim to be the embodiment of the truth. Recent events clearly demonstrate this. On the one hand, we have the “ultra-conservatives” (for want of a better term) who have so settled the issues in their minds that no amount of potential new evidence, scientific research, or even careful consideration of and attention to pastoral needs could ever dislodge their conviction that not only do they KNOW the truth but that they themselves ARE the truth – that is, that their separate existence apart from the rest of the Anglican world embodies “true Anglicanism.” On the other hand, what is becoming ever so clear to the rest of the Anglican Communion is that the “elites” and “social activists” in our Church are confusing American-style democratic processes with the voice and leading of the Holy Spirit, and majority voting procedures with the consensus fidelium (i.e., the consensus of the faithful). As a result, our national church ends up ignoring or belittling the legitimate concerns and consensus of the rest of the Anglican Communion, while insisting that the Anglican Communion should accept us on our terms (always under the veiled threat of withdrawing our financial support). That’s why I’m thankful to part of the Diocese of Texas, and indeed, your priest. You may not always feel like it (and I sometimes might be negligent in telling you), but you are a gift to this diocese; and the diocese as a whole is a gift to The Episcopal Church. Why? Because, as

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